Nick Petrella is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of more than100 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. He’s been a doctor for ten years.
Dr. Petrella offers lots of help to his patients. But he doesn’t just tell his patients what to do.
He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrella has his own TV show. The show is in Italian, English and French. The doctor starts the show with a song and then he explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song.
Dr. Petrella makes and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing. His dream is to perform in Las Vegas.
His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a CD of love songs that he wrote. Dr. Petrella says, “I always love to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing.” But when Dr. Petrella was young,
his father didn’t want him to be a singer. So he went to a medical school.
Some people tell Dr. Petrella he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrella says he helps people when he sings, too. “1 like to make people smile. Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and entertainment both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good .
Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to the passage.
【小题1】 In his TV show, Dr. Petrella _________ .
A. sings love songs he wrote         
B. sings about different diseases
C. sings and explains a medical problem
【小题2】           isn’t used in his TV show.
A. Russian  B. English  C. Italian
【小题3】Dr. Petrella performs in his show 10_________.
A. become famous    B. make people feel good    C- achieve his dream
【小题4】   From the article, we can know Dr. Petrella is _____________.
A. talented and proud   B, creative but lazy    C. kind and helpful
【小题5】   What’s the best title (标题)of the article?
A. Medicine and Entertainment  B. His Dream Came True   C. A Singing Doctor

Is music enjoyed simply for being a nice little tune? No, there are things      1      important to learn about than whether you really like the song, for example, the story of the singer himself. Many singers had had hard      2     before they became famous. Xiao Huangqi, a pop singer and songwriter from Taiwan, is one of them.

Up till now, he has made five albums (唱片) and      3     several music awards. Among his hit songs, the most popular one is “You Are My Eyes”, a song that     4    his own true story, a blind man who loves music and the world so much.

Xiao was born blind. At the age of four, he got some eyesight through an operation. He couldn’t be   5    because he could see the world with his own eyes. He began to practice Judo (柔道) and learned to play the saxophone (萨克斯管) and the guitar.

But fate(命运)     6   him. He became blind again ten years later because he had used his eyes too much. It was a great blow. But Xiao is so     7    and optimistic(乐观) that he soon got out of his sadness. He began writing songs and found a colorful world within. He hears and feels the world and    8    his thoughts and feelings into music.

“When one door closes, another door opens.”    9  opened the door for Xiao and has      10   him into a wonderful and colorful world.

1.                A.too            B.so             C.less  D.far more

 

2.                A.time           B.life            C.experiences   D.memory

 

3.                A.won           B.held           C.produced D.presented

 

4.                A.reads          B.tells            C.sings D.says

 

5.                A.happy          B.happier         C.sad  D.sadder

 

6.                A.offered a job to  B.paid much attention to C.looked down on D.played a joke on

 

7.                A.proud          B.clever          C.honest   D.strong

 

8.                A.turns          B.decides         C.considers D.has

 

9.                A.Mum          B.Knowledge      C.Music    D.Love

 

10.               A.took           B.led            C.connected D.left

 

 

The Young Pop King

He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn't smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he'll have a lot to say.

This is Jay Chou, the 33-year-old Taiwanese pop king(天王). His fans are so excited because he will sing songs on November 30, 2012 in Wuhu, Anhui Province. Many pop stars will come, too.

Chou grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects.His mother noticed the boy's special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.

Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has a lot of fans. "He is really good at music. It makes him attractive(有魅力的) to me, " said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 student in No. 101 Middle School in Beijing."He is true to himself. He never follows others, "said Zhang Yujie, a Junior 1 girl at No.23 Middle School in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.

1.From this passage, we know that Jay Chou_________.

A.is very handsome                       B.has a bright smile

C.often makes too much noise               D.is a pop music star

2.His fans are so excited because_________.

A.he is quiet and shy.

B.he will sing new songs in Wuhu.

C.he can play the piano very well

D.Many famous stars will come to Wuhu.

3.When he was a little child, he_________.

A.talked a lot every day

B.did well in his study at school

C.started to like music

D.had a lot of fans

4.According to one of his fans,  Jay_________.

A.is a good student

B.has long and beautiful hair

C.is a well-known pianist

D.is very attractive to them

5.The sentence "He never follows others" in the last paragraph means_________.

A.he always has his own style.

B.he likes to walk alone

C.he doesn't like other people's songs at all

D.no one can catch up with him

 

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